PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved technique for stably holding a fishing rod including a reel seat.SOLUTION: A fishing rod includes: a fishing rod body constituted by joining a base rod member 3 and a tip rod member 4 in a rod axis direction and a reel seat. The reel seat includes: a front hood 12 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the base rod member 3, for receiving one end of a leg part of a fishing reel and a rear hood 18 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the base rod member 3, for receiving the other end of the leg part of the fishing reel. The fishing rod further includes a spacer part 22 provided in front of the front hood 12 on the outer peripheral surface of the base rod member 3 and having a smaller diameter than that of a front end 12a of the front hood 12. When the reel seat is gripped so that the reel is positioned on a lower side in a state of receiving the reel in the front hood 12 and the rear hood 18, the spacer part 22 is positioned near the first joint of a thumb extended towards the front of a hand gripping the reel seat.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】リールシートを備える釣竿を安定して把持するための改善を提供する。【解決手段】釣竿は,元竿部材3及び穂先竿部材4を軸方向に継いで構成される釣竿本体と,リールシートと,を備える。このリールシートは,元竿部材3の外周面に設けられて魚釣用リールの脚部の一端を受け入れる前方フード12と,元竿部材3の外周面に設けられて魚釣用リールの脚部の他端を受け入れる後方フード18と,を含む。釣竿は,元竿部材3の外周面の前方フード12の前方に設けられ,前方フード12の前端12aの外径よりも小さな外径を有するスペーサ部22をさらに備える。スペーサ部22は,前方フード12及び後方フード18にリールを受け入れた状態でリールが下側に位置するようにリールシートが把持された場合に,当該リールシートを把持した掌の前方に伸ばされた親指の第一関節付近に配置される,【選択図】図2
